Mountain gun used in Russia (Japanese Osaka it is what is written on the label) by Czech Legion.?Well, the same must have been used in Russo-Japanese war before. It is Schneider made in JapanHave these guns been supplied to Russians during the war and before?the revolution??Take look at the label Th...
I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get a copy of this in English. I understand it is excellent and I would really like to read it unfortunately I only have it in German and well, my German sucks. Thanks, Chris
Hello gentlemen Some month ago there was a dicussion about Gulkevichs armored cars in the axishistory forum. There must have been two cars, named "Red Petersburg" / "Ilya Muromets" and "Akhtyrets".Here are all the pics I have found about that (in my opinion) very...
I think it was Tim R who enquired about the 3-Man a while back. I finally got hold of a copy of Fred Crismon's book on US tracked vehicles and came across this, which I didn't notice when I had the brief loan of a copy. Caption reads, in part: The carrier for this early army crane (1924) was known as either the...
Strelets British & A-H cavalry have been in the pipeline for about 2 years, but suddenly they've announced that two sets of Russian Infantry (winter & summer) will be released in March. Meanwhile, Airfix are rumoured to be about to reissue all their Great War range. I know dioramists turn th...
Hello This is my Mark V in 1/15th scale. The model is scratch-built from polysterne sheets and resin parts. It is based on plans prepared by Andrzej Jasinski; the resin parts are also his casts. The model respresents vehicle from 2nd Battalion - B4, 9004, Battle of Albert, August 24, 1918. The model wa...
I did a quick search but didn't find this image in any old threads. It's from an old book from 1969 that I picked up over the holidays, The World's Greatest Regiments by Vezio Melegari. The caption is "An example i...
Immense thanks to Ironsides for finding this site that offers 1/72 replacement heads: French with Adrian and gasmask, British Hypo gasmask. http://www.lancierbleu.com/FR/boutique_tete.php Which reminds me that I've been pondering the subject. Head-swapping can greatly increase the dive...
Found a web site with great pictures from the Italian Front, including artillery, vehicles, and aircraft.? Take a look at http://www.gri.it/gallery/giaper/105.htm and keep clicking? . . . Al
Hello, I just received some drawings from Hubert Cance, amongst them, the armoured car White 1918, the Minerva ...... They are very interesting. His site : http://www.hubertcance.com/home All the very best
Anybody help with the meaning of the term bonnet de police, as used to describe the military sidecap? It's most often given to the Belgian sidecap, but also sometimes to the French calot and others. I know what one is; a descendant of an old form of off-duty cap, very like an old-fashioned, pointed nigh...
Came across a mention of this fellow in Men, Ideas, and Tanks by Paul Harris. I'd never heard of him before. PH quotes from The Land Ironclads, in which one of H.G. Wells's tank men?refers to someone called "Bloch", with no further explanation. It turns out that he is Ivan Bloch, a Polish ban...
I've been reading "The Adventures of Dunsterforce" and early in the book the author references a solitary RR armoured car, officered by Lt. Singer, with a photo.? A close look at the photo shows some interesting detail.? The WD number is C>259 and there is a small metal plate which read...
Hi all, i'm looking for information on two tanks that were presented to towns after WWI - one is that which was given to the small town of Earl Shilton, my home town. Although I can't confirm the existence of this, local rumour has it that there was a WWI tank delivered after the war. The other tank is that f...
I was thinking of getting an airbrush for my models. Don't need a particularly complex one (I think!), just to do the overall colour of a model, and then I can do finer details such as wheels, machine guns, or for example the white/red/white marking on British 1918 vehicles, by hand with a paintbrush. I...
Hello all, Some of you will already be aware of my interest in "tank week" and "presentation" tanks of WW1. In addition I have a keen interest in those machines that were manufactured here in Lincoln. Mk I tanks with production numbers 739 - 775; Mk II's with production numbers 7...
Hello gentlemen, Changing the gas-cartridge of my welding-burner today?it makes "click " in my mind -maybe i am wrong ,but i think some of you will dash in the garage next time ..... and by doing some work with tin-tools...... The only thing?i am?angry about myself -seems to have thrown so...
Had an idea going around in my head for a while of a model narrow gauge War Department Light Railway in 1/76 scale. I miss the fact that with model trains they actually do something instead of just sitting there looking pretty and getting dusty like model figures, tanks etc. So i've had the idea for a smal...
The French used the Schilt in the Great War. But problem is I can't find any info on this weapon. So PLEASE help me. Can you give me some pictures, tell me the range, the fuel, the propellant, anything? Please help.
There was an edition of The Money Programme on BBC2 on December 7th 2007 about the plans for the future of Airfix. I'd forgotten that they went bust in 2006 but were bought by Frank Martin, the man who turned round Hornby and Scalextric. The original Airfix moulds were going rusty in a warehouse in Franc...
